Thursday, February 23, 2012

New healthier me!

So, found out along with the diabetes, I know have high cholesterol. So, I am now working out and watching what I eat!

I started doing Zumba at the YMCA everyday and LOVING it! I also do eliptical for 30 minutes then strength training and tread mill. I already feel more energized and am really looking forward to seeing the results!

I started taking a series of vitamins to get my body at a good spot and they are really helping me. I have taken them religiously! Natures farm is awesome! Lots of ideas for snacks and even dinners.

I have been getting a head ache after working out everyday. I so wish I could figure out why. Well, I will keep everyone updated on the progress...

WISH ME LUCK!

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

NAILS NAILS NAILS!

Some people like rings, bracelets, necklaces, ear rings and anything DIAMONDS! Well, I am so not into Jewelry and never really have been! Nails are my thing! I love getting my nails done. It's time I can go on my own and relax and express my obsession for zebra print and making up my own ideas for designs.


Plus, my girls are little DIVAS! They LOVE, LOVE, LOVE getting their nails done. They see my nails and instantly want to go get thiers one! They are quite the frequent visitors at Top Nails! Tru is amazing, she is really good at designs an they last! So, there it is, my lil secret getaway! Simple as that!

Sunday, January 29, 2012

David is amazing!

This is my wonderful husband David. We have been married for going on 6 yrs. We have had our ups and downs, but we have settled in and are loving our life and family!

David and the rest of us are about to take a huge journey into the military! David joined the Army National Guard and ships out for 5 months on the 8th.

I am so proud of him for making the choice he did, especially because it is way out of his comfort zone. Even with that, he seems to be excited! He has been running everyday at work and doing push ups and sit ups with the kids and they love it! He loves doing push ups with our 3 yr old Jentry! She is so dang cute!

Ok, the sit up, not so good at those! He has already shown more confidence and has been helping out a lot more these days. I can't wait to see him graduate the end of April then again end of June! He will look so different and I know he will feel so much better physically and mentally!

This is giving us the opportunity to get out of his Student Loan Debt, help him finish his degree, build confidence, get healthy, give us the best insurance out there and a great resume for a better job when he gets home.

I am one lucky girl to have such an amazing husband! I love you honey!

Happy Birthday Boys!

Bucaneer Bay Birthday Party for the boys today! They had a lot of fun and got to send good time with the family! Riley turned 2 in December and Dakota turns 3 in February. Last year Dakota's bday was at the same place and their daddy, Jeremy spent the entire time holding them both on each hip. He played with them the entire time and was so proud to show his boys off on their special day!

So, of coursse, I have an anxiety attack on the way into town to get things done for the party! I had never had an anxiety attack before everything happened with Jeremy and the main cause for all of them has been, thinking about what they did to him or having a very real flashback of a memory about him. I hate that those who did this to Jeremy didn't just kill him, but set his family up so go through so much hurt!

Hoping to get through everything and have a chance to get back to some kind of normal. When I can think of him and not burst out in tears!

Wierdest thing happened though...

I was on my way home from my moms and drove past the cemetary and for some reason slowed down. I got about half way past the cemetary when I seen lights flashing by Jeremy's grave, so I slowed down again and the same thing happened. So, I was almost at a stop and it stopped! It was so wierd, but I instantly knew it was Jeremy letting me know that he was with us and got to share the boys' bday from heaven. Never too far away!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Memorial page for Jeremy Kye Gibson

This is the facebook page I started for Jeremy so that people can share with us memories, pictures and just a place to share feeling!

These things don't happen in Lafayette!

So, I talked a lil about my younger brother Jeremy. He was 3 yrs younger than I and youngest of my mom's 3 kids. Growing up it was always, Joey, Jennifer, Jeremy and these days it's not so. July 6, 2011, four evil people tortured and murdered him for no aparent reason. Three are charged and one is walking free. I got a message on Facebook from his landlord and childhood friend to call her NOW, Jeremy is missing and there is crime scene tape at his house. This is one of those events you remember second for second! I asked my son to watch the kids and I went out on the porch and made the call that is now the moment in my life I was scared the most. She told me someone said he was missing so she went to the house and the police were everywhere, they wouldn't let her in the house and said he is missing.

I instantly hung up, dropped to my knees and began to pray. The prayer started out praying for him to be safe, just off somewhere upset and quickly changed. I remember feeling a peace, as ironic as that is, and my prayers changed. I prayed that God would take him in his arms and protect him. Then the brain took over and i was caught in a cyclone of images and what if's.

I called the police and told them who I was and I wanted to know what's going on with my brother. See, Jeremy and I had a definate brother sister relationship. Jeremy never grew up and that bugged me because I seen potential in him and wouldn't settle for less. Well, things ended us face to face January of 2011 where he was forced with a decision. He was blessed with two beautiful boys that he loved more than anything in the world. He had to choose life the hard way or the way that led to happiness. Well, he choose happiness! He got on his feet and got a great job working for people who truly cared about him, he was not just an employee, but part of a family there.

Over time, he became the man, father, son and brother he always wanted to be. He had his boys and his family and he was happy! He desided that he can be a good dad without the mother, who was not as interested in living right.

Jeremy and I have something in common that I see as a blessing and a curse. We both love hard and always want to help people. Jeremy would take people in when they had no place to go and help them if he could. Well, he met a girl and fell hard. If only he knew she was bad news!

The police wouldn't tell us much, so we went out searching. Praying he was just hurt and needed help we searched into the night in teams. Yelling out, "Jeremy" with fear in every word! How could this be happening to us? Surely it was just a nightmare. Well, then we got the call.

The detective I spoke to asked me if I knew of D and Antonio... we would soon know them better than we ever needed to. We found out 1st hand that evil does walk among us. We were asked to meet at the new gas station downtown. There standing in the parking lot we got the news that would sweep over those who love Jeremy the most like a sand storm! Knocking our feet out from under us and taking our hearts with it! Detectives told us that Carolann, the girl my brother had fell for planned and murdered my brother with this Antonio and D. That they had found his body in a shallow grave. Antonio led them to him.

This is Lafayette, IN not LA, Chicago, New York or any other place this would be heard of more often.

Questions stirring in my mind needing answers, but not slowing down enough even to ask the questions! NUMB! Can't breathe. What, When and certainly WHY!?!

This was an unpleasant change in my life and a lot of peoples life!
RIP Jeremy Kye Gibson, I love you and miss you more with each passing day!

Just turned 30!

I find myself being very interested in bringing back my childhood and sharing it with my kids. About a year ago, I came across a $5 dvd Punky Brewster. I LOVED that show as a child so I bought it and took it home. Jersey instantly insisted on watching it before bed. She fell in love, Jentry loves the show too. Now all the greats are coming back slowly but surely! Smurfs, Strawberry Shortcake etc. Glad to see them coming back. Gives us a chance to REALLY share our childhood with our kids!